Lavender

LAVENDER is a taut psychological thriller that bends the line between memory and madness, past and present, like a splinter in the brain struggling to escape.

Jane (Abbie Cornish) has always photographed old and abandoned farmhouses for as long as she can remember. It's a hobby bordering on obsession that has bloomed into a successful career. Until one day she photographs a particular house...and everything changes.

A tragic car accident leaves her with severe memory loss. Strange boxes begin appearing on her doorstep with clues to a past she doesn't remember...and a forgotten family she may have killed twenty years before. With the help of her husband (Diego Klattenhoff), her estranged uncle (Dermot Mulroney), and her psychiatrist (Justin Long), Jane must weave together scattered strands of memory to solve a mystery hiding 20 years in the past. But she'll soon learn, some things are worth forgetting.

Comments (12)

Edge of my seat thriller, well acted & directed. I enjoyed it especially since the mystery was solved & not left in mid air as some such thrillers sadly do.

Pamela

Brooklyn Public Library•3 months ago

Slow pointless slasher film wrapped in heartland charm.

Karen

Moreland City Libraries•6 months ago

Taut psychological thriller. I found this film engrossing with a mystery that gradually unfolded much to my relief.

Tim

Washington County Cooperative Library Services•6 months ago

Excellent film. Perfectly paced if you are in the mood for a psychological thriller. Very well acted. The ending is worth the wait, but keep watching, just when you think it ends in predictably, it twists! My only regret is that I wish I would have seen this in the movie theater.

Judith

San Francisco Public Library•7 months ago

Not good

Melanie

Toronto Public Library•8 months ago

This wasn't a terrible film. Just a bit slow for my taste.

Leanne

Australian Catholic University•8 months ago

I liked this film, it slowly built to its last reveal. A progressive unveiling of the unconscious mind. Although somewhat predictable, it was suspenseful.

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